Table 2.

Adjusted rate ratios for COVID-19–related cases and fatalities per 100,000 persons.

Variable	Cases per 100,000 persons			Fatalities per 100,000 persons
	Rate ratio	95% CI	P-value	Rate ratio	95% CI	P-value
Housing vacancy rate	1.01	1.00–1.02	0.1382	0.98	0.95–1.01	0.1274
Median income ratio	1.01	1.01–1.01	<0.0001	1.01	1.00–1.02	0.0094
Poverty rate	0.98	0.96–0.99	0.0019	1.00	0.97–1.02	0.8511
% change in employment	1.00	1.00–1.00	0.2358	0.99	0.99–1.00	0.0521
% change in establishments	1.00	0.99–1.01	0.7611	1.00	0.99–1.02	0.7516
% of adults not working	0.99	0.98–1.00	0.1496	0.98	0.96–1.00	0.0266
% of adults w/o a high school degree	1.10	1.09–1.11	<0.0001	1.08	1.05–1.11	<0.0001
% population in distressed zip codes	1.00	1.00–1.00	0.7609	1.00	0.99–1.00	0.2284
% of population aged older than 65 years	1.01	0.98–1.04	0.410	1.07	1.01–1.13	0.0216
% of population Black	1.03	1.02–1.04	<0.0001	1.03	1.02–1.05	<0.0001
% of uninsured population aged younger than 65 years	1.01	1.00–1.02	0.1665	0.99	0.96–1.01	0.2239
Chronic kidney disease prevalence	0.81	0.47–1.37	0.4266	0.84	0.34–2.09	0.7136
COPD prevalence	1.00	0.89–1.13	0.967	1.15	0.95–1.41	0.1576
Heart disease prevalence	1.03	0.81–1.32	0.7833	0.89	0.58–1.37	0.5919
Obesity prevalence	1.00	0.98–1.02	0.7464	0.96	0.93–1.00	0.0358
Diabetes prevalence	0.98	0.89–1.09	0.7132	1.06	0.89–1.26	0.5221
Days since first case	1.06	1.06–1.07	<0.0001	1.09	1.08–1.09	<0.0001

CI = confidence interval; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.